Instant Trivia

Episode 908 - submarines - al gore rhythms - veggies - this is i country - state nickname fun

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 908, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: submarines

  • 1: By the mid-1950s this country had about 375 subs in various oceans and seas.
  • the Soviet Union.
  • 2: After WWI the Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee developed this to detect subs.
  • sonar.
  • 3: Until this arrived in the 1950s, almost all subs used diesel-electric power.
  • nuclear power.
  • 4: Subs usually have 2 of these optical devices, 1 for general use, 1 for the attack.
  • periscopes.
  • 5: Air trapped in these tanks makes a sub float.
  • ballast tanks.

    • Round 2. Category: al gore rhythms

    • 1: His home state.
    • Tennessee.
    • 2: His job from 1985 to 1993.
    • U.S. Senator.
    • 3: His wife's most famous nickname.
    • Tipper.
    • 4: The East Coast school where he got his B.A. in 1969.
    • Harvard.
    • 5: The foreign country where he worked as a journalist from 1969 to 1971.
    • Vietnam.

      • Round 3. Category: veggies

      • 1: You don't have to know the language to know the Swedes call it a "baggy root".
      • a rutabaga.
      • 2: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine.
      • a scallion.
      • 3: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses".
      • a radish.
      • 4: The more common name for colorful "flint" corn.
      • Indian corn.
      • 5: Carrots are rich in carotene, which the body uses to produce this vitamin.
      • vitamin A.

        • Round 4. Category: this is i country

        • 1: An island, it's the world's northernmost "I" country.
        • Iceland.
        • 2: They're the only 2 "I" countries to border each other.
        • Iran and Iraq.
        • 3: One of this country's driest regions is the Negev Desert, with an annual rainfall of usually less than 10 inches.
        • Israel.
        • 4: Its ethnic groups include the Dayaks on Borneo, the Toraja on Sulawesi and some Papuan groups on Irian Jaya.
        • Indonesia.
        • 5: Among its 26 counties are one famed for its cut glass and one known for its tweed cloth.
        • Ireland.

          • Round 5. Category: state nickname fun

          • 1: These 2 states with a precious metal in their nicknames border each other.
          • California and Nevada.
          • 2: The nickname of this state includes a greeting in a non-English language.
          • Hawaii.
          • 3: A ride at the Albuquerque Int'l Balloon Fiesta might show you why New Mexico is the "land of" this.
          • Enchantment.
          • 4: Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals.
          • Gopher State.
          • 5: In 2004 a biologist caused great excitement when he photographed an actual wild one of these in Michigan.
          • a wolverine.

            • Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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